The story of Joan Murray skydiver: How far did she fall?

Joan Murray (skydiver) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Skydiver who fell over 14,000 feet after her parachute didn't open had horrifying way of surviving

Tennessee has an official RAP song. And…I’m about to rap it. It’s called “A Tennessee Bicentennial Rap: 1796–1996”, written in 1995 by Joan Hill Hanks of Signal Mountain. She’d been writing poetry “with a beat” since the 1970s — basically rapping before she even knew it. The rap was adopted as a state song in 1996, just in time for Tennessee’s big bicentennial. Joan performed it at schools, assemblies, and even on TV. It’s almost impossible to find a recording online, so here’s a few lines from